The Sun. — London, England, 1864-08-16 00:00:00

1 ONEY MARE IT AND CO UERGAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Monetary affairs within the past few days have anted a very f avoura bl e a pp earance . Th e con ;uance of the official minimum at 8 per cent., and e constant increase of the capital afloat in the g e neral disco un t mar k e t, h ave occas i one d an eas i er c ' ll ng to prevail, and the brokers seem more dis- Pesed to Compete with the authorities for the busi. t: B6 brought forward. Discounters are now willing t i! l egotiat e approve d s h ort -d ate d mercant il e secu t tte as low as n per cent,, and with this con. j s 'ilon th ere i s much less demand for accommoda -14- The au th or i t i es o f t h e B an k o f E ng l an d, as 4 ' l ' b e expected, are daily receiving less applica. 1 e° ° B for assistance; and this circumstance, if long t !ettnuod, w ill d ou b t l ess cause a f avoura bl e a lt era • l°4 to be r ecor d e d i n t h e nex t b a l ance - s h ee t i s su e d (r eel the national establishment. Business in the Mincingslane markets during the 11 : 11t1 ovv days ha s been rather dull. For raw sugar ob 4 ' e ver there has been a fair enquiry chiefly for t P l oont to France e and prices have been well sus- Coffee has been dealt in to a very limited 'Rent at slightly reduced prices, while in rice, fruit, z ? cis Pioes, there has been little change of importance. the tallow market the operations far both pre .,ll 7 n t and forward delivery have been on a moderate Beale, at steady prices. T he committee of the Stock Exchange have ap. ie inted Friday, the 19th inst., a special settling day to the shares of the Great Eastern Steamship Com. pa nt (Limited), which are to be marked in the 4114 a week lists. There was a parcel of gold amounting to 101 ,000 taken into the Bank of England yea tetchy. Two O'CLOCK. telii ' t Paris this day, according to Mr. Reuter's ° gram the French 3 per Cents. were 66t, 50c. Fim. a T he market for English Stocks has presented t . 7C ry fist appearance this morning, the transac. / 1 1 °118 recorded having been chiefly by sellers. r ' e e B have accordingly given way, the decline in the Funds amounting to -1 , per cent. Consols are againa quoted 89i for money, and 89 } 1 for the j et: Mut. The New Threes and Reduced Annui -148 8 81 1, the Five per Cents, 1873, 104; do. (1 8 , 85 , 14 9.10 11-16. Exchequer Bills, 253. to 15s. Cen ts , , India 5 per Cents., 103 i 104 k; do. 4 per 'dents., 9 94 ; ditto Certificates, 99; and Enfaced 5 Per Cents., 94. T he buoyancy noti c eable yesterday in Foreign k th is ha s p asse d awa y, and general depression ; is Morning p reva il s in its stead. Mexican, ex all, 47 e declined to 281- 29 ; the New Stock has also nee ded i t to 26 ; Greek are 1 worse at 231 I; s e pP a cish Passive at 307-, 2 ; but Turkish Conso i4eB are b e tt er at 501 ; and the Confederate ° T a rt higher at 77 79. 44 the Railway Share Market the operations sh own been on a ver y li m it e d sca l e , an d p r i ces h ave sto ck rather less fi r mne s s. Great North e rn A ~t o ck have declined £1 ; Manchester, She ffi eld, and '''lncoln, and Metropolitan, each 108.; and South lastern, 10s. ; while Caledonian have improved 108. The Foreign and Colonial lines remain without C hange of • nortance. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are in modes l'ite request at almost precious quotations. BRITISH FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. a GOVE RN MENT FUNDS. per Cent. Consols a "0 Account, Aug. 8 kPer Cent. Reduced K e w 3 per Cent ,w 2j per Cent. Jan. 1894.... A t)t) 0 per Cent., Jan. 1873 lO4 •`bnuitie s , 30 yrs, expire Bth Jan., 1880 — 1) 0 for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 l4 9-16 11.16 Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 1 - 14roh. June. 1/ Ic hequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 & 31 per Cent. De £SOO Do2l 15 21 /31t k' , ' £lOO and £2OO England Stk, 51 per Ct. ci Account LIP ; r) I 6 •11 GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.,,4 Stock, 10i per Cent , April 1874.... ho Account ° 5 per Cent. July, 1870 .... D A ccount.... 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 991 D° Do Certificates 1 , - ' 0 Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent ... .94 - h ° 5 Per Cent., Jan. 1572 .. Do-° 51 per Cent. May, 1879 A ."... .... • b , per Cent., ' Aug. 166 j 1.)') 80nd5.131,000 — ° lltler £l,OOO ...•• --• A u. iss yOl3,ElGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. -.4- jan Bonds, 6 per Cent .. 13 1 . Do 1859 — Llzilian 5 per Cent ........ ° 4 l per Cent., 1852-58-60 ........ _-- t tle De 1863 i z i l°B Ares 6 per Cent — N o ,n Per Cent. .. — (.1 bm'oiati 6 per Cent tki '4 6 "'- Do per Cent. t a Per Cent. 1864 --, D -(2l r New Co nso lidated, 1 per Cent — bkt..Drovisonal Land Warrant — ':g . .V ht 4 ; 3 per Cent., 1825 1),,`"„° , 1 7 per Cent.. (1te.,,3.0c0nd Issue lO4 1),:'. 6 Per Cent., 1524-5, ex-Coupons 2 2 4 31 D - ..•count . . • • • 0 e °II P D A one till ° , 2, count... . , D 011839 t i7i na la 5 per Cent. tt%li ~,,4 , 3 9 and 1859 K -'''' 0 Per Cent.(Maremmana Railway) 731 fe,, .b 44 3 per Cent 1) o 0 Account 1,, per Cent, 1861 ea Preach Scrip, Ex. 251 20e 1.). ill 6 per Cent. Anglo-French die 1 00 0 Scrip, £23 paid — li e , rish Imperial 5 per Cent -, ' e . Granad a — .. 4i° Dper Cent. ? D eferred — Do Land Warrants (Hectares) .. _ ___ ° D ebentures, 4 por Ct., April 1861 1' e , ,D 0 do Aug., 1866 — 0 - ' ° ,“ta• 41 per Cent . D ° . per Cent. (Uribarren)... — Do 4 I per Cent., 1862 li Account — D °i lg - uese 3 per Cent., 1853 ~,0 Account 471 , 1- I _,." ° 3 per ent. 1556, '7, '9, '6O, 62,'3 47i 4 ---, Account 471 4118 ian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St t ° o 4 l per Cent., 1850 .. 811 1860 ),° 3 per Cent 1859 T , - '° 5 per Cent, 1862 :,' 0 Anglo-Dutch D -Uo Scrip, £4O paid Pm ~ardinian +5 per Cent D O Account 'Punish 3 per Cent _Do Account Do New Deferred Do Account — be Passive Do Account — 'punish c;ert. of Coup not funded — t Do A, Jcoun t It h 4( liert., 4 per Cent t;',.° Scrip, £6O paid '-- pm -,..ish 6 l.) per Cent. 1854 — li ? Account -.9 6 per Cent. 1858 14 ° l b Account 72 j£loo Bonds 3 ? ° 0 6 per Cent. 1862 b Account .. 70 ° £lOO Bonds — 13„ Do 1863 I t le - '*ua t d, en 4 per Ct. o ran 80 ~-0 Z tiela 3 per Cent. bo° Account — b 6 per C en t., 1862 o Account .. D ° er iP £45 paid 9 dig ° li per Cent 4,18 D ividenda on the above payable in London 3)", 11 T 1 / 6 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins. )3e4,7 1 'keeount . .. - Nr,,, 3 4„ 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f — 1 . ), - , 4 A per Cent.,Ex. 12 Guil 62 1 Itiiii' Per Cent. ertificates 1) ''''' 6 Per Cent., 1861, .Ex. 25 francs — re i ?, h e i ,oui it Per. ll , "en les, 2 per Cent . tlea rn -41 D•ollar Bonds, 41 per Ct. Ex. 4s. - ' ° 'lte ae, 5 per Cent., Ex. 25f THF: - EE 0' Co n . , i.7ois N 1 „,,,_ CLOCK. .. ,, 0A„.,_,-." , 3' •,, -,,Junt• •• . I iverpoca cott, on Market—This Dap, • M ° ' Ke t 7 e . ry firm. Sales about 8,000 bales. ..amm a 1 311 `4l, GROUNDS.—An act of parliament Was ~alday o f th e proroga ti on f or th e reg i stration in th a rvl of all burials performed according to th e r it es of act, t, e at h lar 8 led chur c h in grounds provided under the burial th at -4'4NG TIER EASE,—An American paper 'st a t es 41 44 . ther e i s • 5, , . Louis a youn g lady of 18 who h as d one but eat and sleep since she was four years old, Sh e , "Cie f or a few minutes twice in the 24 hours. IST:CARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SEAMS AND STOOKS. Share' Rallwaye. Wol., and Str. Val, Blythe and Tyne. Bost.,Slcat.,andltlid.Co Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and _Bandon Cornwall Do A A pets no div Do' B till Op c.p an.has been paid to B. Dublin it Belfast. June. Dun.,Pertli,& Ab. Juno. Edinburgh & Glasgow,j W IQ lack% and S. esterr". l IGrentEsstern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock Ditto EastAnglian st Great North of Scotland IGreat Northern ...... • • Do A stock Do g do t, S. awl W. 01 Irelaw , Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock Lancashire & Yorkshir( London and !Rockwall Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & Nort h Western, Lon. & So'.th Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle., Dot shares... Metropolitan Midland Do New . Do firming. t Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland, shares ,Mid Kent Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, er, Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwio , , Do, G.N.E. purohasc Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle North London Do New :North Staffordshire and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot IN. E., Aber. etocl• Do Sent. 'Mid. stock.. IShrews. and Welohpoo Shropshire Union .... 'South Devon !South Eastern South Wales IS. York. and River Due Staines,Wok.,andWok. Stockton .4; Darlington Do Do New, 188& Taft Yale DoB Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria eta. and Pim Waterford d& Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.,Ult.' Seat Midland —Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing Shan Railways Paid. Prioe. Business dow No Itlithio &St Lawrence all 58 60 Bom.,Baroda&.Cent Inc. Sk i 100 101 102 1013 Gu. 5 per cent. 20 Do. New . 8 20 Do. E. Shares.....—.. 7/ 4 die p 203 Butislc, and Laaelluron all 0 51 10 Do. Preference .—. . all 71 81 Bufralo,Brant&Godria 100 lOO 75 80 6 p. ot. bds. Aug. 1,187 . . e 100 Do. do. July 1, 187, 100 75 10 100 Do. do. June 1, 1871 100 76 80 at Lacutta.&S.Eastn.(Lin, 100 97 99 st Cape Town a Dock Scril 100 94 96 01 steak oiastn. Bengal gu. 6p. , 100 102 104 Stock East Indian. gu. sp. c. 100 101 002 101 3 20 Do. do. (1 Ext..... 15 par 3 p 20 Do. do. H do. .. 15 par 3 p stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 19 23 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds.. all 71 73 100 Do. do. deferred.— all CO 63 100 Do. 2d Pref. Bond ' s.. all 06 66 100 Do. do. deferred...... all 55 57 100 Do. 3d Pref. stook ... all 08 51 100 Do. do. deferred-- all 43 (5 100 Do. 4th Pref. stock... all 27 29 100 Do. do. deferred...... all 26 28 stook GLlndiaPenin.gua.sp.c 100 1011 /024 1021 3 20 Do. New gua. sp. c... 12 par 4p Do. January, 1862 .. stook Gt. South.of India(Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 99 101 100 SO3 Gt. W. of Canada all 91 91 208 Do. New .. —.. 18 113 11 1. 100 Do. 6 p.o. '73 with't opt all 89 91 100 Do. 53 p. c. do. '77-8.... all 82 84 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 4 d ir , stook Madras, guar., 5p.0. .. 100 993 1003 stook Do. lf p. o. Extension 100 93 05 stook Do. 43 d 0........ 100 9) 92 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 -- stock Melb.Corp. 6p. o. Buds. 100 50 Melb. & Hobson's Bay. all CO 02 100 Do. 7p. O. Mortg. Bds. all $0 Newßr un swioket Candr. Class A. and B. N.lll.C'das pc Ist pi bds 100 82 84 stock Soinde ...... —.. ) (100 1004 1011 1003 stock Do. Delhi I c i.,; ' 100 093 IVO4 993 20 Do. d 0...... , st Do. Punjaub - all 934 1001 Do. Do. „„ ~ ..' , . f,•: s , ect Do. Indus. St. Flo.) k .loo ,94 co COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. uoi.(ior. c p.c.J aIJ u 1) , 1877-84 ..._____ to 96 09 I Do. Ap. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 16 99 Do. 6p. c.Mar.& Sept. 100 98 102 Do. Ep. o. Jan.&July. 10c 84 86 85 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 84 86 Cape (*.Hope. 6p c,187:: 100 105 106 Do.Ap & Oct. 1880 100 107 109 , Do. 1890 100 1(8 110 'Do. Jan. & Jnly, 1891.. 100 105 108 Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p e 100 110 112 :Mauritius 6 per cent .. 100 103 105 Natal Gov. 6 per cent.. 100 h 4 107 -- , N.B.Gov. 0 p.o..ia.&Jul) 100 17 100 ! Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oot. 100 - N. S.W. 6 ov. 5 p 1.,18u( 100 96 V 8 973 Dv. sp. 0.,18,1 to 107( 100 96 98 Do. d0.,i888 aupwdE 100 96 98 Hi - I New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 - - INova Scotia Gov. 6p. a i sterling, 1875......,, 100 CO 102 ;Queensland Gev. 6p. c. 100 101 104 1031 IS. Aus G6p.0.1878.& 1 .. 100 105 107 1 0 6 IVio. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.dau y 100 - -- Do. io 6 P.m Am&Oot... 100 1.081 1094 1094 BEITISII MINES. 2 'Cambrian 1 2 , o;sol. Gold 1 it td clifford 30 2 DCVO!". t 3-. Con.. (Tavist ) 1 580 800 585 Bassett(lllogan) 30 t 8 70 Clogau Gold Ltd East Caradon ...... 275 285 East Cam Brea.... . . 8.4.0 8 85 -- E. srl Russel (Tavlstk., 8.13.0 5 65 Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen 'Ai 5 7 Great South Tolgus 17s 2 24 24 Wheal Vor (11elston 40 27 29 (Grenville 'Hem...Ws-Foot . • 8.12 28 40 tlingston Downs 4.18.0 31 45 Lady Bertha - Margaret (LJny Lelant 91 8 10 Starke Valley.. 4 )lyndy Iron Oro (Lim 2A 15 I d New Setun l6l 75 85 -- North Downs I 3 15 It N.Wh'i Basset(llloggn, 3.1.0 25 3 Nerth Wheal Crotty Par Consols (n Blaze> Providenee(UnyLelnt.' 10.0.7 40 42 South Caradon(St.Cleer, 15 480 500 8. Carn Brea (Illogan) — S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.18.9 425 475 Stray Park ,IramarSilvdz Lead Min Cron 9 18 19 West Basset (Illogan) l4 9 10 %V Ca radon (Llskeard; 9 12 14 West Seton !Wheel Basset (Illogan) 65 92 95 Wheal Buller(Redruth) 10 90 25 ‘Vheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 2.0.6 WhealLudcott Wheal MaryAnn;:den ) 13 14 16 Wheal Seton 585 210 215 %Meal Trelawuey (Lis.) 7 19 21 Wheal Union rItEVERENCE 811AREd. Eastern, E. Counties, Ext. No. 1.:108 N orthern, 5 per cent., red. at:10 per cent. pm, ,t to, 4; per cent., redeemable at 10 per cent., leg LINES LEASED Al' FIXED RENTAL'S. Great Eastern, Woodbridge Ext. 4 per cent., 85 London and Chatham, 4 per Cent., BSi London and Greenwich,lBo Great Great FOREIGN RAILWAYS, Ban Paulo (lira.), gua. 7 per cent., Ditto, (all), 18 FOREIGN MINES. Mont. Aureos Brazil Gold Min. Co., 2 k Wonliing (limited), BANKS. (11m.), 141 o t gr ititt a n a c n e dM iim tst ). e § r 4 m 3 an i 's Anglo Austrian, 7f f Bank of British Colur2ol4. 14 Bank of London. l:;„5 Consolidated B;„ok, lies., llk 11 Continental , East Lo-,d on, Li m . 71 Enizil,h, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 211 Er.ropean Bank, Rm., Ditto (L 5), 8 Imperial Bank (lira.). 36 Imperial Bank of Ohina, India„ - and Japan, lies., 8f Imperial Ottoman, 17f Land Mortgage Bank of India, lies., 61 f London Bank of Alexia) and S. America, Urn., 81 I Loudon and County, 72 1 21 London Joint Stock, 4i r o t London and South Aff,can, 24} London and South_ -- Union ot Western, 22 3 21 11 m 20t Union of 5 , eiroi'",litan and . I 'rovincial Bank, lim., 261 011 e:dal Bank Corporation, 5i f S;;lnde, Punjaub, and Delhi, lira., 13 South Eastern, Um., SI DOCKS. London and at. Katharine, 71i MISCELLANEOUS. An ;'lo-Mexican Mint, 19 A..ustralian AgTleultural, 23 British Indian 'Pea, , lug City °films, tint., Consolidated Disco:nt, , 7 Credit MuhLi•- , llk Ei-i9ptia n :,_;om. and Trading:, Urn., ni and Australian Copper, 14, mancial Corporation, 1.1, Gen. Credit and Finance of London, Ilrn., 7/ liome and C ,lonial A ssurauce, lim , 6i Hudson's Bay, lf 17 Impend Mercantile Credit Asso., Ern.. gg g International Financial society, lim., London Financial Association, lim., 2 - ,t London General Omnibus Company, 3 Mldras Irr4ation and Canal, 5 National Discount Company, lint., 14 Warrant Finance, lim., 4p _ The Nazione of Florence states that General Fatiti's state of health causes considerable uneasiness. He is suffering from a disease of the heart complicated with a Pulmonary Congestion oNalioning great difficulty of breathing, raid. Closing 1 Business Price. I done. 86 68 1264 1271 6 7 35 36 16 17 8.4 91 110 112 47 18 7 7i 134 135 151 15! 131 133 £0 92 694 7J 1171 1181 66 63 105} Ic6l 41 43 1171 Ji£ l l 08 1,9 661 67i 1121 .114 133 138 j, 108 110 54; 6511 25i `Lei 106 107 C 4 66 93 Et 126 129 76 78 10} 11 125 130 39 41 57 59 S 5 S 7 911 9.i 101 103 7 8 37} 38i 10i 11k 8 9 165 170 6 7 3 E r tot 104 34 36 931 t9i 9I i j 2 LAW INTELLIGENOZ—This Day, COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Fane.) His Honour resumed his sittings after the vacation, but the cases were for release from custody, &e., unopposed. Mr. Registrar Pepys presided ovor the meetings for the choice of assignees, which were not of interest; the only one of the •slightest importance was that of Dando and Chetwynd, of Leadenhall-street, shipbrokers and owners, and timber merchants. The debts and liabilities are stated at £31,837, and the assets are expected to realise a divi dend of 2s. 6d. in the pound. The failure is attributed to failure of debtors and general losses in trade. Messrs. Perrin, of Fenchurch-street, shipowners, were chosen assignees ; Mr Perrin, and Messrs. Terrell and Chamber lain were appointed solicitors, and Messrs. Carters and Harper, accountants to the esta'e. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ASSAULT ON A CoxsTAßLE.—Ellen Carmody, a young woman, was charged before Mr Tyrwhitt, on a warrant, with assaulting police constable George Bettsworth, 181 C. Bettsworth said that on the night of Sunday, the 17th of last month, ho saw a crowd collected round a man and his wife who wore quarrelling. While dispersing the crowd the prisoner rushed from some young men she was standing With, and, making use of a vile expression, struck him a severe blow in the eye with a door key. The crowd got the prisoner away and she escaped, but two of the persons were brought to the court and fined 20s each or 11 days. He then applied for a warrant against the prisoner, and seeing her in New street last night took her into custody, when she said that she was sorry, and that it would not have occurred had she not been in liquor at the time. The prisoner said she had no key in her hand at the time. Mr Tyrwhitt said he recollected that the constable had his eyes blackened. The prisoner was fined 20s or 14 days. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 16, 1864. Extraordinary Find of English. Silver Coins at Eccles, During the last few days there have been, under some what singular circumstances, a succession of finds, at the same spot in gccles, of a very large number of silver pennies, chiefly of the reign of Henry 111. The extent of the deposit may be gathered from the fact that the total quantity of these coins found numbers about 6,400 pieces, having an aggregate weight of about 21 pounds avoirdupois. A new junction road is being made from Wellington-road, Eccles, past the boundary wall on the west side of the ancient resi dence known as Monk's Hall, where it is probable the Monks of Whalley Abbey, who were formerly the lords of the greater part of Eccles, Monton, and Swinton, had a Grange cr farm residence, with tithe barns, &c. and where they collected rents and tithes from their tenants and other inhabitants of the neighbourhood. O.i Saturday week a young man named James Britch [? Bridge], a card room hand at the Moorside Mills of Messrs John Gibb and Sons (who had two fingers taken off by incautiously putting his hand too near the beater in the blowing-room), was walking along this fyotpath, when his eye caught some thing glittering on the ground. He picked it up and found it to be a small silver coin, and a little further search was rewarded by finding about a score of similar coins. Still he all that h e saw, an d did no t b e li eve thedid n coins o L p b ic e k up worth much; for he gave several to his companions and acquaintances. He showed some to Mr J. Allan Gibb, one of his employers, who told him to take them for inspection to a gentleman in the neighbourhood, a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, who would be able to tell him their nature and probable value. This gentle man gave Britch a few shillings for 15 coins, and learning that he had left some lying on the spot, urged him to go again and bring away all he could find. This was on the morning of Wednesday in last week ; but strange to say, Britch did not go to the spot till Thursday evening, and then his trouble was largely rewarded by finding that not only were some coins scattered about the footpath, but that in one spot there was a lag° collection, which, on his beginning to remove it, he found to be contained in a coarse earthenwar e pot or pipkin. This he emptied, and took his treasure for safety to the neighbouring residence of Mr Allan Gibb. About five o'clock on Friday morning Britch again visited the place, and found 179 more coins ; but ho left the pot in the earth, covering it up with soil, The same morning he again called m what h e had done, and the ge n o t n l em the antiquary a rtat once accompaniedtold him to the place, and with the aid of a small garden tool, th e pot ( w hi c h was mouth uppermost and close to the surface) was carefully ex humed ; but was so fragile and friable that it crumbled even under tender handling, and broke, and only the lower part could be got away. Even at their fourth visit 20 more coins were found on the surface of the footpath. The pot and coins were removed to the residence of the local Monk. barns ; where the latter were washed, a thousand of them counted, weighed in a kitchen balance, and found to be about 3,11 b avoirdupois. The rest were then weighed in batches of 3} lb., and in this way it was found that there were probably about 6,400 of these silver pennies, weighing altogether about 211 b. The 1,000 counted coins were then cursorily examined, and it was found that 964 of them were of Henry 111. and though of different types, yet all struck before the 32d year of his reign, 1247.48, when, in order to stop clipping, the cross on the reverse, which till then had been confined within the legend border, was carried through that border to the edge of the coin, in the new mintage of that year. All the coins examined have the short cross. The remaining portions of the thousand coins included nineteen of the reign of John, and seventeen of other and various types, but all probably earlier than the reign of Henry 111. Of the 964 coins of Henry, there were many varieties of type. This King had mints in various parts of the kingdom, and different mint-masters, or, as they were called, moneyers, and it was then the custom for the reverse of a coin to bear the names of the moneyer and of the city or town where it was minted. Of the coins of Henry 111, in this find, most seem to have been struck at London and Canterbury, bat there are some also of the mints at Winchester, Taunton, Northampton, Chichester, Bury St. Ed munds, Lincoln, and Durham. Amongst the moneyers' names are Abel, Adam, Aimer, Alisandre, Andre, Arnaud, Bartelme, Beneit, Elis, Fulke, Fulre, Henri, Hiun, Huater, Ilger, Joan, Chichester, Johan, Jun, Meinir, Miles, Nicole, Norman, Pierres, Ranf, Reinard, Ricard, Roberd, Rodbert, Roger, Saleman, Samuel, Simon, Walter, and The obverse of most of these pennies of Henry 111. is the same, the King represented full face, with crown and cross of pearls, and the sceptre in the right hand, surmounted by a similar cross. Legend, " Henricus Rex," but with out the " Terc." or "III." of later coinage. Ruding observes that the alteration of type introduced upon the money of this reign forms a kind of era in the numismatic history of England. Tho portraits of previous monarchs were usually represented either in full or profile; and the crosses were eihibited under almost every possible form. But the portrait of Henry 111. is invariably full faced ; and the cross (always of double lines) on his earlier coinage is bounded by the inner circle and has four pellets in each quarter; while the later coinage of 1247 had only three pellets in each quarter. As no penny has been found in the Ecoles hoard of the later type, and none of any later reign, it affords a fair presumption that this treasure was hidden in the ground between about A.D. 1220 and 1247. As to the coins of King John, it may be mentioned that although there are proofs Qf a coinage in his reign at mints in England, no genuine coin of any of these has been found ; and the only silver pennies of this king were all coined in Ireland. The chief feature of these coins both on Obv. and Rev. is a large triangle, enclosing (on Obv.) the King's head, full face, with a sceptre in right hand, and the legend in three ports on the sides of the triangle, " Joha-nnes Rex." The reverse on all the Eccles coins of John, has within the triangle a crescent, a blazing star, and a small star in each angle. Legend, " Roberd on Dive" (Dublin). The third class of coins appear to be of ruder type and earlier period. The obverse has the face in profile usually to the left, the legend so rudely executed as to be almost illegible. None of these is represented in any of the numerous plates in " Ruding's Annals of the Coinage," and it is a mere guess to say they may prove to be pennies of William Rufus. The pot or vase is urn-shaped, of coarse reddish earthen ware, and slightly ribbed inside; the only external orna ment being a border of small square indents. It was very tightly packed in the hard dry earth which surrounded it, and to the dry soil is owing the excellent preservation of the majority of the coins. They seem to be tolerably free from alloy, as only two of the whole could be found show ing any green oxydation or patina. Our readers may remember that in consequence of a very large find of gold ornaments in the south of England, which were sold and melted to prevent detection, an act was passed authorising the Crown officers to purchase, at the market value of the metal by weight, any treasure in gold or silver crnaments or coins, so as t o r eward the finder, and to preserve articles of antiquarian va lue from destruction, The local antiquary near Eccles wrote on Friday to the Crownand th e character, weight, and num b er o f t h e co ins ; so th at in a e 8 able be bin the circumstances of the find, to report the first case of any x and its p rac tic a l result. et 2 t few under new e Two L neighbourhoodios. pre vailed Great excitement pre --- of Above Bar-street, Southampton, on Saturday night, in consequence of two lions having escaped from 'Wombwell's menagerie. ' The d CA i P n E th O e F exhibition is located in the Westmoreland Park, at the back of the High-street, on a portion of the ground used for the drill of the rind corps, Being Saturday evening, a larger number of speotators than usual attended the exhi bition, and a great crowd of persons had also assembled outside. It appears from the statement of those who were present, that, about g o'clock, the keeper announced his in tention to enter the dens, for the purpose of putting the animals through their usual performances ; and for this purpose, be first proceeded to the carriage occupied by two lions, the visitors, as usual on such occasions rushing to that part of the exhibition. The keeper, after ad dressing a few words to his audience, opened the iron-barred door of the carriage, a pparently with the usual caution ob served at exhibitions of the kind, when suddenly one of the lions leaped upon the keeper's back, followed by the other, and both animals sprung out of their den and amongst those assembled round the carriage. One of the beasts continued leaping about amongst the visitors, ram_J of whom having been knocked down were growling, on the ground, and those who were more fortunate were flying about in a state of terror, and for a short time the greatest excitement pre- 1 7ailed, The animal was soon secured by the keepers, who ' - hen went in search o f the other lion, w hich, instead o '`self ioide the exhibit i on , bounded u p th e s t e p s amusing ....,,T4,tform among the people assembled and sprang from il' e '' .., g:d in all directions. outside, who immediate', . , zavingsb The lion ran across the park towards tn. ~s, bank and one of the houses in the terrace having ~ door , open, walked lon where some into the passage and thence into the pa,, ladies were sitting, who fled through the fole,,ng doors into the adjoining room and thence upstairs. The keep. zone arri r ing, the lion was so-on secured and caged. Several pet.: °lls were knocked down, tram p l e d upon, and their clothes torn, but fortunately none sustained pereomsi injury, THE MISSION TO E.ICIIMOND.-e.M.r. Horace Greeley states in an article in the Independent* that Colonel Jaques and Mr Gilmore, the latter more widely known as Edmund Kirke, author of "Among the Pines," went to Richmond with the full knowledge of the Presi dent, intent on devising or discovering some ground of ac commodation or adjustment between the belligerents now devastating the Republic, and appear to have been treated with signal courtesy, and even generous hospitality. Mr Gilmore gives the net product of the unofficial mission in this piquant passage :—" Jefferson Davis said to me last Sunday, and, with all his faults, I believe him a man of truth, ' This war Must go on till the last of this generation falls in his tracks, and his children seize his musket and fight our battles, unless you acknowledge our right of self-go vernment. We are not fighting for slavery. We are fight ing for independence; and that, or extermination, we will have.'" SECOND EDITIOI SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST. 4 o'Ctot THAMES. DASTARDLY OUTRAGE.—George Griffiths, an umbrella maker, aged 20, of Cable4treet, Whitechapel, wee brought before Mr Paget, charged with being drunk, disorderly, and violently assaulting Edward Dillon, a police sergeant. No. 19 K. Yesterday evening at five o'clock Dillon was sent for to the Hoop and Grapes public-house, in Ratcliffe-highway, to suppress a disturbance. The prisoner was then very drunk and disorderly. He demanded beer and Mr Shepherd refused to serve him. Dillon removed him and he became very violent and raved loudly. Ho lay on his back, got hold of the police sergeant's leg and attempted to throw him, He also made repeat_ d attempts to bite him, Assistance came and the prisoner, aftera most determined resistance, was removed from the house. On the way to the station-house the prisoner was again violent, threw Dillon with great force on the ground, kicked him, and tore the skin off his shin. He also " broke" his uniform trowsers. It required three constables to take the prisoner to the station-house by force. Dillon was smirch injured, and his wrist sprained. air Paget said, if the prisoner became inebriated and conducted himself like a savage, he must take the conse quences. The prisoner was a brutal ruffian, a nuisance in the public-house from which the police-sergeant removed him, and then committed a dastardly assault. He sen tenced him to two months' imprisonment and hard labour. MARKETS—This Day. HAY MARKETS. SMITTIFIELD.—Neadow hay, £3 Oa to £5 5s ; clover, £4 Os to £6 Os ; and straw, £1 4s to £1 10s per load. Trade firm. -•-- - - CUMBERLAND. , —Meadow hay, £3 Os to £5 5s ; clover, £4 Os to £6 08 ; and straw, £l 4s to £1 lOs per load. A steady demand. WHITECHAPEL —Meadow hay, £3 Os to £5 ss; clover, £4 Oa to £6 Os; and straw, £1 4s to £1 lOs per load. Trade firm. COLONIAL. TEL—Business has been rather dull, and the few dealings reported have been at about former rates. SUGAR—The market has been a shade firmer in conse quence of an export demand for France, and prices have in some instances ruled a little higher. Ia the Refined Market, however, no material change can he reported. COFFEE —The demand for colonial descriptions has been limited, and quotations are slightly depressed. Rica—A fair amount of business has bees transacted, without any material alteration as regards prices. TALLOW—Business has remained very quiet, owing to the excessive heat of the weather. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted 41s 9d, and last three months 43s 9d per cwt. SHIPPING-THIS DAY, LONDON, Aug. 16.—Wind this day at noon—W.N.W. ; light breeze and cloudy. FALMOUTH, Aug. 15.—Arrived— Thomas Dryden, from Akyab. SWANSEA, Aug. 14—Sailed—Isabella, for Prince Ed ward's Island. HLLL, Aug. 13.—Sailed—Maria and Elisabeth, for Quebec. CARDIFF, Aug. 14.—Sailed—Brothers, for Mauritius— Harmony, for Quebec. PORTSMOUR, Aug. 15.—Wind N.E. to S.E.—Sailed— Queen of the Clippers, from London, for BermuJa, after stopping a leak. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Arrived, August 15—Good Design, from Antwerp— Eliz tbeth Ann, from Dordt—Oscar, from Droback—Per severance, from Medemblik—Vindex, from Charlotte Town —Day Spring, from Boulogne—Exhibition, from St Malo Swantje Groendeal and Thomas Rising, both from Amster dam—Earl of Carlisle, from Riga—Speedwall, from Am sterdam—and Belfast Lass, from Dunkirk. Arrived, August 16—Elide, from Archangel<—Abeona, from Riga—Vroaw Anna, from Worcum—and Concordia, from Amsterdam. THE DEATH RATE AND THE MAIN DRAINAGE. — At the present time, and during the next four or five years, the statistics of mortality in the metropolis will have a peculiar interest and value. At a first glance at the returns of the Registrar-General, or those of Dr Letheby for the City, it would seem that the interest which ordinarily attaches to such documents could scarcely be enhanced by anything less than either a plague on one hand, or a cora plate cessation of the occurrence of death on the other. But it happens that we are now in a transition state as respects the public health. The vast undertakings of the Board of Works are fast approaching completion; the sewage is being diverted from old to new channels ; the breadths of mud laid bare at every ebb tide on the banks of the Thames will probably be less offensive and less injurious ; and we are all looking forward hopefully to the time when the river, which has made the City, shall no longer be poisoned by it in return for its good deeds. There is just one unfortunate circumstance connected with the main , drainage works, and that is, that the means adopted for the purification of the river consists only in removing the pol luting agents to a greater distance than formerly from the abodes of the citizens; the river is not relieved entirely, but the pollution is to take place where there is a vast volume of water, and comparatively few residents The poison will thus be diluted, and the point of its first mixture with the water removed to a distance ; but it can never be held that this method is so likely to be effectual as the traneferance of the sewage to some quite different chan nels, as, for instance, the burnt-up meadows and barren arable lands, where nature's chemistry would convert the present sources of pestilence into sources of health and happiness, and make wholesome food on land of that which is the detroyer of food in the waters. ror a time—say for the first seven years—the main drainage will be on trial, and we shall expect to see in the returns of registrars some evidence of the good ac compliehed, though, in principle, the drainage system is open to so many objections. We do not know how many agencies exist for the engendering and diffusing of morbid toiluences in a place like London, which is neither a town nor a city, but an aggregation of towns enclosing a city, and the whole comprising so immense a population, that no rule cf health found safe elsewhere can be said to apply of necessity to such a case as this. We have need to be thankful, however, ft .r what little we do know of the S o li life tot In a it int 114 the mid s t o f groa t c hid,. Yreva that laws f t Q ‘) effect 04 life of the circumstances little ) we may safely oonclude that tau e l, has been:accin . towns ; number its d e s v L e o l i n e d d on t a n e d o e i n l u d a e l plfated already to len g th en th e term ()Wife and reduee: th e l we tttd cotii o th e 1 t r m g r u e c a h t feEeitins to be done yet, and that every delay in the accom plishment must be paid for in so much aotual disease and so many actual deaths; for though death is inevitable, and mast come upon all men, nevertheless the death-rate is an exact measure of the value of our hygienic resources, as well as of the ektetit to Which destructive agencies are rtnaitied to prevail,--City Press, On Thweclay night last a murder was committed in a house in the Avenue Lanaotte-piquet, on the person of a young woman of loofa) character named Eugenie Elie, aged 2d. A dragoon who called at her lodgings on Fri day morning found her lying dead on the floor of her bedroom, with a calico night jacket twisted into a cord drawn so tightly round her neck as to have forced a great quantity of blood from her nostrils. As the unfortunate woman's money and jewellery were found safe in her drawers, rubbery could hardly have been the motive for the crime, unless, indeed, the murderer had become alarmed, and had not time to search for plunder. An investigation has been ordered by the police authorities. GREAT FIRE IS HULL.--A telegram from Hull yesterday afternoon sap:, :—" A tremendous fire is now raging in this town. Several valuable warehouses in Railway-street have been consumed. Thompson, WE:ay, and Co., and Carver and Co. are the &ups chiefly affected. The loss of property amounts to many thousands of pounds. The fire is still ragpg, and the vessels in the docks are being removed.'_ The Distress in Lancashire. The monthly meeting of the Central Executive Committee was held at Manchester yesterday; the Earl of Derby in the chair. There were present— Lord Egerton of Tatton, Lord Edward Howard, NIT., the Mayor of Manchester, Messrs. M. Ross, It. Hutchison, J. Platt, G. L. Ashworth, R. Glads stone, A. H. Heywood, H. B. F„irnall, W. Roberts, T. Ashton, J. Worrall, H. Mason, S. J. Stein, R.rH. Hutchinson, J. Goodair, and J. W. Machine (hon. secretary). Mr R. Rawlinson, the Ce, vernment en gineer, was also in attendance. Mr I Maclure re ported that £314 16g. 4d. had been recei fed in the last four weeks, and there;was a balance ire the bank of £129,430125. 10d. Letters were read announcing that the relief m.m mittees of Itoyton, Lees and district, Salford, anal Newton Heath had been enabled to close their ope rations. Each of these committees also forwarded copies of resolutions which they had unanimously passed, ft.:lnking the Central Executive Committee for their liberal grants and the considerate atten tion given to all applications for aid from the seve ral districts referred to. Mr. MACLURE presented his monthly report, which stated that the reduction in the numbers re lieved had been 15,051, and since the end of January in this year 99,821. The facts shown in the table were most cheering, contrasting the present with the past. With a maximum of distress reached at Christmas, 1862, when there were 510,279 recipients of relief, from either the guardians or local committees, the number fell to nearly one half that amount by the following June, viz., to 266,634. The Christmas of 1863 wit nessed a further decline of 72,500, the aggregate at that season being 193,506. At Midsummer last the total was further reduced by 71,000, leaving then 112,598 on the poor rate or upon private bounty ada ministered by the relief committees. This was not much more than one-fifth of the maximum at Christmas, 1862. The number now relieved is reduced to 96,295, and as the ordinary pauperism of these unions rises in the winter to about 50,000 in-door and out-door (in summer the number being a little, but not much, less), the present pressure upon the district is not more than double that of ordinarily prosperous times. The HON. SECRETARY proposed, " That as the average pressure of pauperism in the cotton dis tricts is now reduced to 3.9 per cent., the grants of this committee will in future be confined to the relief of persons not receiving parochial aid." He thought it was quite time that something was done to prepare the whole of the cotton districts for the cessation of aid from this committee, and that this would probably be best accomplished by some such resolution as he had read. The average pressure on the rates was now only about double that of 1861, which was admitted to bo the most prosperous year ever known in Lancashire. Mr I. PLATT seconded the resolution. Mr H. MASON strongly opposed the proposition. He thought it was most objectionable to say that, because pauperism had been reduced to so low an ebb throughout the greater part of Lancashire, this separation ought everywhere to take place between relief committees and the guardians. A return made up to last Saturday showed that there were 5,833 unemployed cotton operatives in the borough of Ashton, which was nearly as many as they had ever had at any period of tho distress. In Stalybridge there were 3,600 ; at Mossley, 1,700; and at Dukinfield upwards of 3,000. He had been using every effort to get these unfortunate people distributed in other districts, where labour was obtainable, but the position of affairs was still what he had stated. For the last 150 weeks they had made no change in the mode of distributing relief in the Ashton union, and they would not like now, at the eleventh hour, to have one enforced upon them. The existing system worked remarkably well, and he trusted they snould be allowed to work out the distress in Ash ton in the way which experience had shown most advantageous for that locality. The CHAIRMAN said that Ashton had received from public sources during the distress above £250,000, or ten times as much as had been locally contributed throughout the whole union, irrespec tive of the rates. Mr MASON said these figures did not present by any means a correct view of what had been done locally, inasmuch as they did not: include the very considerable amount contributed in private charity. The CHAIRMAN said that against this explana tion he might make the remark that the Hurst committee and the Ashton manorial committee, which were also in the union, had received upwards of £45,000 from the Mansion-house committee, not included in his previous statement. Mr. MASON said if it should be implied that Ashton had received more than its necessities de manded, he denied the justice of the inference, and affirmed that the contrary had been the case. It was true that the whole of the grants of this com mittee to Ashton had been made in aid of the rates, but Ashton had rated itself to a far greater extent than any other place in the county. They had at present more than 1,000 young women in the sewing classes, and they were exceedingly anxious as to what should become of them. He thought the motion of Mr. Maclure might be applicable to certain towns, bat that it was quite inapplicable to Ashton-under-Lyne. Th© Hon. SECRETARY said the principle involved in the motion, which he had always advocated, had been sanctioned by the chairman and the Bridge water-house committee, and applied most benefi cially in Stockport, Blackburn, and elsewhere, and in mercy to the unemployed people themselves he thought it was necessary that it should be univer sally adopted. Mr R. H, HUTCHINSON thought the exceptional position of Ashton and one or two other places might be met by the following addition to the re. solution :—" In all unions where the pauperism does not exceed five per cent. upon the population." Mr MACLURE said he was willing for the present to adopt this addition, reserving, however, the privilege of again bringing forward the subject in its original form, should such a course appear desirable. The resolution thus amended was, after some further diseuseion, unanimously agreed to. The Hon. Secretary said th 4 t Mr. Rawli nson h ad ki n dly favoured him wit h the following information res pecting the operation of the Public Works Act. There were 77 places in which public works were ih operation on August 15. The new act extended the time to make loans to January 1, 1856, and ex• tended the burrowing powers to two years' rateable value. Preston, Ashton, and Glossop were the chi e f p l ac es in which there were yet a considerab le num ber of unemployed. In ma n y p laces the :public works were being carried out with reduced numbers, awing to the opening of many mills and the large number of persons who were at present engaged i n a gricultural operations. Mr. Maclure added that 1,668 skilled operatives and 2,600 factory workers were at present employed on public works. Calcu lating these on on average of four to a f am il y, wilich would be about the correct estimate, it ap. peered that nearly 20,000 persons were maintained under the provisions of the act. Mr MACLURE laid on the table returns, prepared by Mr Corbett, respecting the state of pauperism in Ashtcn-under-Lyne union. A grant of £ll4 Os. was made at Stalybridge from the employment and school fund, and one of £ll to the same place on account of superinten dence of labour. " L‘ e following grants were made from the Gene ral e Belief I,:end :—Ashton, £l,OOO ; Dukiefield, £5OO ; A, • T• • y, Stalybridge, 800 , £150; mossie IChorlton, £lOO (final); Hulme, Heywood , £ 3oe; Hadfield, £550; Whitworth £250 ; Glossop ann . £5O ; Wion, £5OO ; Little Hayfield an d Facit, £5O. port which stated that lair F AR NALL read his rb t h ere was a decreas e of 6,1e'1, persons receiving relief ih 27 uni ons on the 6th .inSt• as compared with the oth ult. ATTENDANCE AT THE JUDGES' CELAMBEh.S.—This day the Lord Chief Baron will conclude his sittings at the Judges' Chambers, and will be succeeded by llr Justice Shee on his return from circuit. His lordship will sit on Thesaays tiud yridays OA lug shwatikak. 1521 } 11 69& 2 1 8i 17i 103 41 3j 2 118 1 lit 113 1331 8 1061 i i SPORTING INTELLIGENOE,—This. Day, RADCLIFFE RACES-THIS DAY.. (131: ELECTRIC ',TELEGRAPH) BOLTON PLATE. Ossian ..... Vanessa Cutler ...... • .............. 0 ulton Lowe ............ 4 Four ran. WELTER STAK ES. Zuleika Bo?) tian 2 Zoe CHESTERFIELD CUP. Nemo 1 Puss ........... 2 Wildman ................... 3 Ttre© ran. CRAVEN HANDICAP. Saloon ............................................ 1 Vanguard Creme do Vainelle.. Four ran. LATEST BETTING. • EBOIL sto 1 agst East Lancashire (offered) Hymettus scratched at 10 45 this morning. EGHAM RACES-THIS DAY. EGIIAM STAKES. Visfin Stainley Lord of the Mattor 3 Four ran. RUNNYMEDE STAKES. Peon.. Rappel Deerfoot Six ran. KING JOHN STAKES. Anti-Macassar Lady Valentine 2 Ten ran. THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. LONDON GAZETTE---This Evening, WAR OFFICE, PALL MALL, AUG. IG. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Major-General Sir Richard llacres, K.C.8., to be Colonel-Commandant, vice Lieu. tenant-General Sir William Brereton, K.C.8., deceased. 4th Hussars—Lieutenant John Barrett L. Nevinson to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Lieutenant Russell England, promoted. 10th Hussars—Cornet John Cecil Russell to be Lieute nant, by purchase, vice Arthur Wyatt Edgell, who re .. tires. Royal Artillery—Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel William Henderson to be Colonel, vice Flude, removed as a general officer—Captain Henry John Bannatyne Macleod to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Frederick Alex ander, removed to the Bengal Staff Corps—Captain Frederick Convbeare to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Richard Hart • Keatinge, removed to the Bombay Staff Corps—Captain and Brevet Major Alexander Cameron Gleig, on the Seconded List, to be Lieutenant-Colonel— Captain and Brevet-Major G. H. Vesey to be Lieutenant- Colonel, vice Brevet- Colonel Henderson—Second Captain and Adjutant J. B. Hardy to be Captain, vice Conybeare— Second Captain and Adjutant James mith Baird to be Captain, vice Edward Thomas Fasken, removed to the Madras Staff Corps—Second Captain Campbell Cameron to be Captain, vice Charles Elliot, C. 8., removed to the Madras Staff Corps—Second Captain Walter Delano to be Captain, vice Macleod —Second Captain Cecil Brooke Le flesurier to be Captain, vice Brevet Major Vesey— Lieut. George Grant Gordon to be Second Captain, vice Delete—Lieut. John Thomas Leishman to be Second Captain, vice Hardy—Lieut. John Charles Taylor to be Second Captain, vice Baird—Lieut. William Farar Grey to be Second Captain, vice Cameron—Lieut. John M'Neill to be Second Captain, vice Horatio Biden, re moved to the Madras Staff Corps—Lieut. Henry Mont gomery Finlay to be ' Second Captain, vice Robert Lam bert Flayfair, removed to the Madras Staff Corps—Lieut. John Hoyes to be Second Captain, vice Malcolm Bandinel Sabin Lloyd, removed to the Madras Staff Corps—Lieut. William H. M'Causland to be Second Captain, vice Fre derick Lyon Flayfair, removed to the Madras Staff Corps— Lieutenant Penton Thomson to be Second Captain, vice John Hayes Grant, removed to the Bengal Staff Corps— Lieutenant Edward Sidney Bnrnett to be Second Cap tain, vice Le Mesurier—Gentleman Cadet George Clement IVynne to be Lieutenant, vice Gordon—Gentleman Cadet Francis John Milman to be Lieutenant, vice Thomson — Gentleman Cadet Gaorge Herbert Nutting to be Lieu tenant, vice Robert Henry Palmer, removed to the Bengal Staff Corps—Gentleman Cadet Joseph Albert Curtin to be Lieutenant—Gentleman Cadet George Marins Ken nedy to be Lieutenant, vice Taylor—Gentleman Cadet Paul Frederick Michael Baddeley to be Lieutenant, vice Grey—Gentleman Cadet Edward Thomas Browell to be Lieutenant, vice McNeill—Gentleman Cadet Constantine Henry Hamilton to be Lieutenant, vice Finlay—Gentle man Cadet Robert Har•tings Willoughby Plunkett to be Lieutent, vice Hoyes—Gentleman Cadet Thomas Cads brooke Penny to be Lieutenant, vice McCausland—Gen tleman Cadet Barry Francis Doraville to be Lieutenant, vice Leishinan—Gentleman Cadet Philip Henry Bown to be Lieutenant, vice Burnett—Sergeant-Major Henry Bacchus to be Riding-Master, by augmentation. 3d Regiment of Foot—Waldron Edward Roper Kelly, Gent to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Frederick Wm. Vans Leckie, transferred to the 55th Foot. 10th Foot—Staff-Surgeon William Sinclair to be Surgeon, vice Henry Bowles Franklin, M. 1)., who exchanges— Staff Assistant-Surgeon Fitzgerald Edward Scanlan to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice John Mackenzie, M.D., who exchanges 12th Foot—Lieut. Gilbert de Lacy Lacy to be Captain, by purchase, vice John Soame Richardson, who retires— Ensign Arthur Henry Brittain to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Lacy—John Campbell Robertson Glasgow to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Brittain. 14th Foot—Surgeon-Major Benjamin Swift, M.D., from 96th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice George Smyth King, M,D., who exchanges. 16th Foot—Captain John Octavius Chichester to be Major, without purchase, vicb Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel John Henderson, who retires upon full pay—Lieut. George Street to be Captain, without purchase, vice Chichester— Ensign George Griffiths, to be Lieutenant, without pur chase, vice Street—Hillyard Henry Angus Cameron, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Herbert William Thompson, promoted, by purchase, in the 3d West India Regiment. 25th. Foot—Lientenant George Terry Luder Carwithen to be Captain, by purchase, vice Theodore Gordon, who re tires—Ensign Charles Dewrock Swete to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Carwithen—Charles William Maxwell Conte, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Swete. 30th Foot•—Cecil Roughsedge Hornby Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Henry Granville Sharp', who retires. 56th Foot—Lieutenant George Seamer Gubbins, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Charles Russell Colt, who retires—Ensign William Barnett to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Gubbins—Ensign Fred. William Vans Leckie, from the 3d F'oot,,to be Ensign, vice Barnett. 62d Foot—Ensign Frank Crossman Clarke to be Lieuten ant, by purchase, vice Charles Mesham, who retires — Gentleman Cadet Charles James Gordon Inglis, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Clarke. 85th Foot-.-Ensign Henry Chuldleigh Wilmer to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice the Hon. Frederick Holmes, , e 1 'Court, who retires—Robert George Stone Maunsell, Gez:t, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Wilmer. 91st Foo—Ensign William Cecil Hinton, to be Lieuten ant, by purchase, vice Robert Butt Wesley, who retires —Gentlemen Cadet Hugh Thornton Cuningbam Dealtry, from the Roy Al Military College, to be Ensign, by pur- chase, vice 11mon. 96th Foot—Surgeon George Smyth King, M.D., from the 14th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Surgeon Mejor Benjamin Swift. who exchanges. Rifle Brigade—Ensign and Adjutant Leopold Victor Swaine, 1m have the rank of Lieutenant —Ensign Thos. Lander Mitchell-Inner to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice James Edward Vaughan, who retires—Gentleman Cadet Cecil Harley St. Paul, from the Royal Military College. to be Ensign. by purchase. vice Mitchell-Innes. Zi to West Idia Rement—Ensi Beaufort llenry Vidal be Lie n utenant, gi by purchase g , n vice Robert Eyre, who has reared. 3d West India Regiment—Ensign Herbert Wm. Thomp son, from the ltith Foot to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Henry P. Bluett, who has retired. ROYAL MILITARY ACADEMY (Woolwich).—Lieutenant John Arthur Tillard, Royal Artillery, to be Lieutenant of 14 Company of Gentlemen Cadets, vice John Charles Taylor, promoted. COMMISSARIAT DEPARTMENT.—Ensign Basil Porter, 76th Foot, Acting Deputy Assistant Commissary General, to be Deputy Assistant Commissary General. MILITARY STORE DEPARTMENT.—Deputy Superinten dent of Stores William Lanyon Penno to be Superinten dent of Stores, vice Pearce, placed up the retired fist— Assistant Superintendent of Stores William Henry Horatio Scott to be Deputy Superintendent of Stores, vice Penno—Deputy Assistant Superintendent of Stores Peter Warwick to be Assistant Superintendent of Stores, vice Scott. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. —Surgeon Henry Bowles Frank lin, M.D., troth the 10th Foot, to be Staff-Surgeon, vice William Sinclair, who exchanges— Assistant-Surgeon John Mackenzie, M.D., from the 10th Foot, to be Staff- Assistant-Surgeon, vice Fitzgerald Edward Scanlan, who exchanges. BREVET.—Major-General Francis Rawdon Chesney, ltoyal Artillery, to be Lieutenant-General, vice Sir Witham Brereton, K.C.8., deceased—Colonel Thoma Peters nude, from the Royal Artillery, to be Major s General, vice Chesney, cow- Lieut. Colonel Edward Seeger, Bth Hussars, having pleted the qualifying service in the rank of Lieut. Colonel, to be Colonel, under the provisions of the Ro y al October 14, 1358. Warrant of Major and Brevet Lieut. Colonel John Henderson, re tired lull pay, late 16th Feot, to have the honorary rank of Colonel. Major Alexander Hugh Cobbe, 20th Foot, to be Lieut. Colonel. Capt. Henry Wellington Palmer, 74th Foot, to be Major, In consequence of the protnotion of Col. Fludo to the rani: of Major General, the undermentioned Officers on the Re tired Full Pay List, who at the time of their retirement were senior to him on the Effective List, to be Major Gene rals, viz.:—Colonels Harry Stow, Charles Henry Mee, Wiliam Wallace d' Arley, Jouu Tylden, George licolton Hyde. ADMIRALTY, AL G. 15, The undermentioned ottb;ers were promoted to the rank of Payuareter in her Majesty's Fleet on the sth instant : Messrs Henry Winstanley, Isaac Baker Moorman, Alfred Whiffin, and William Noble. The tallerffieutioLea officers have been this day promoted to the rank of Paymaster in her Majesty's Fleet :—Messra Thomas Scott Chanter, Frederick Osborne Leonard Patch. and Henry Edwin Kitchen. BANKRITPTS, The following are the only bankrupts of commercial im• portauce in the Gazette : Frederick Rothwell, draper, Rochdale Robert Thomson, tea dealer, Dover William Jennings, wine merchant, Walbrook John Ogan, baker, Hackney-road. William Rouch, grocer, Malden-road, Haverstock-hill Thomas Thompson, builder, Kennington Joseph Thornicratt, saddler, Crewe, Cheshire George Rainbow, shoemaker, Northampton William Rayne, furniture broker, Dewsbury John Hicks, butcher, Bray, Berkshire Richard Wav, , ll, postmaster, Newport, Lle of Wight Thomas Pennicott, Thurlow Arms, Dulwich Theodore Erich, foreign glass manufacturer, Newgate. street BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. Thomas James Pullen, gentleman, Wellington-terrace, Dalston SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. Andrew Giffen, horse dealer, Newhouse, /learns William Murray, farmer, Barnes James Neilson Trevor', Peacockbank Thomas IsPDour,al, cutler, Ediubargh Walter Yeats, hay dealer, Rothsey J. and A. Pollock, wrights, Glasgow Course of Exchange.—This Day, Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 12 12 2t Antwerp '25 67t 25 77i Brussels I.laroborgh - 13 01 13 10i Paris ... Ditto Marseilles ........ 25 7U 2.5 75 Frankfort on Maino .-- 121 121} Vienna ............ _ 11 80 EB5 Trieste t‘O 11 Petoraburgh --- 31 31 85 Berlin — -- Madrid Cadiz — 4Sk- 43h Leghorn --- 25 75 25 85 Milan — 25 80 25 85 Genoa — 25 80 25 85 Naples .. — 25 go 25 85 Palermo.. — 25 80 2.5 S 5 _ 2 5 80 Messina 25 35 Lisbon - 61a 51 Oporto inßars( 0 5 li tandard)......per oz ,£3 1 7 9 Foreign Bare Gold (Standard) Silver THE VICTORIA CROSS. (From the _London Gazette of this Evening,) WAR OFFICE, Aug. 16, The Queen has been graciously pleased to signify her intention to confer the decoration of the Victoria Cross on the under-mentioned officer, whose claim to the same has been submitted for her Majesty's approval, for his gallant conduct in New Zealand, as recorded against his name, viz. Lieut. Colonel John Carstairs 107th Regiment-- For the valour and presence of mind which he displayed in New Zealand, on the 30th March, 1864 , which is thus described by Private Vosper, of the Colonial Defence Force Private Vosper states that he was sent on that day with Private Gibson, of the same Force, as an escort to Major (now Lieutenant Colonel) M'Neill, Aide-de-Camp to be Lieutenant-Gen. Sir Duncan Cameron. Lieutenant-Colonel M`Neill was proceeding to Te Awamutu on duty at the time. On returning from that place, and about a mile on this side of Ohanpu, this officer having seen a body of the enemy in front, sent Private Gibson back to bring up Infantry from Ohanpu, and ho and Private Vosper proceeded leisurely to the top of a rise to watch the enemy. Suddenly th ey were attacked b y a b out 50 natives, who were concealed in the torn close at hand. Their only chance of escape was by riding for their lives, and as they turned to gallop, Private Vesper's horse fell and threw him. The natives th ereupon rushed forward to seize him, but Lieut.-Col. M'Neill, on perceiving that Private Vosper was not following him, returned, caught his horse, and helped him to mount. The natives were firing sharply at them, and was so near that, according to Private Nosper's statement, it was only by galloping as hard as they could that they escaped. He says that be owes his life entirely to Lieutenant-Colonel M'Neill's assistance, for he could not have caught his horse alone, and in a few minutes must have been killed. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, RADCLIFFE RACES-MONDAY. The Phillips Handicap of 5 sous each, 3 ft, with 30 added. About one mile. Mr T. Cliff's Wildman, 3 yrs, Bst 41b Mr J. Osborne's Gaily, 4 yrs, Bst 101 b (Whiteley) 2 Mr Barber's The Cutler, 5 yrs, 7st 101 b Betting-5 to 4on Gaily, sto 2 each agst the others Won by half a length; a neck between second and third, The Bury Plate Handicap, of 40 sous, for all ages ; win ners extra. About three-quarters of a mile. Mr Barber's Cutaway, 3 yrs, Bst 6113 .. (Britton) 1 Mr Haudley's Ossiau, 4 yrs, Bst 81b .... (H Griinshaw) '2 Mr T. Smith's Dermot Asthore, 3 yrs, 75t (Cranshaw) 3 Betting-5 to 4 agst Cutaway, 6to 4 agst Ossian. Won by a neck ; three lengths between second and third. Tho Grey de Wilton Cup (Handicap) of 100 sous, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 soya each, 3 ft ; second to save his stake ; winners extra. About one mile and a half, Mr T. Cliff's Wildman, 3 yrs, 6st 21b Kenyon) 1 Mr Barber's Macbeth, 3 yrs, nst 71b (Carroll) 2 Mr Amberry's Nemo, 3 yrs, sst 71b . . (Sherrington) 0 Betting-5 to 2on Wildman, who won by five lengths. Nemo did not pass the post. The Selling Handicap of 3 soya each, with 25 :added. About three-quartets of a mile. Mr J. Osborne's /golly Gray (h b), 2 yrs, sst Slb (Carroll) 1 Mr C. Rich's Blondin, 3 yrs, Bst 51b.... (11. Grinashaw) 2 Mr Noble na, Raparation, 2 yrs, 6st 121 b .. (W. Noble) 3 Mr Buckhouse's David, 3 yre, Bst 101 b.... (Williamson) 4 Betting-6 to 4on Nelly Gray, 4to 1 agst Blondin, 6to 1 agst David. Won by two lengths; a bad third. The winner was not sold. The All-aged Handicap Plate of 3 soya each, with 25 added. About one mile. Mr Handley's Ossian, 4 yrs, Bst 101 b (G. Grimshaw) 1 Mr Beaumant's Vanessa, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (Whiteley) 2 Mr W. Philllips's Master Joe, 3 yrs, ist (Carroll) 3 Mr Backhou,:e's David, 3 yrs, 7st 51b (Elaystead) Betting-5 to 4on Vanessa, 6to 4 agst Ossian, 10 to 1 agst any other. Won by a short head ; a bad third. LATEST BETTING EI3OR HANDICAP. 100 to 1 agst Hymettus (offered) CRAVEN HANDICAP. ['error scratched. The Price of Gold. I3y acPrices from Hamburg the price of gold is 425 per mark and the short exchang on London is 13.5 f per £1 sterlin.4. standard gold at the Ittigllsh Mint price is, therefore, aboat 3-10ths per cent, dearer in London than in Hamburg. The course of exchange at New York on London and the premium on gold are quoted with such large differences that no ca cu a:tens can bo based on them ; but gold continues to be shipped to England.. ATTACK ON A NEW ZEALAND NEWSPAPER OFFICE BY THE CREW OF A MAN-OF.WAR. The following episode of the war in New Zealand is given by the Melbourne Argus, The " Auckland Neto Zealander had, in an article published on the Ist of June, referring to the death of Capt. Hamilton, cf the Esk, stated :- 4 It is feared that this brave officer was cruelly deserted by his men, who were seized with a panic and fled back to our position, after being gallantly led as the forlorn hope in the attack. It is true it was a critical moment, but if the men had displayed half the courage and daring of their officers a very different result would have to be chronicled respecting this unfortunate encounter.' This offended the seamen of the Esk, who in numbers 60 strong, came down to the office, and commenced proceedings which por tended pulling the building—a wooden one—down. One of these men cried out, We have the authority of our offi cers for what we are doing.' Magistrates interfered to prevent violence, the police were called, and Commodore Sir William Wiseman appealed to, but in vain. The police were unable to cope with the rioters, and the commodore corroborated the assertion that the officers connived at the riot by not interfering, Temporising was resorted to ; and, issue, retracting the promise that an extraordinary e dition should retracting the previous statement, the seamen retired. The extraordinary edition came out with a ridiculous den ial of the charge against th 3 Naval Brigade, and attributing the panic which caused the sudden retreat to a mistake of th e 68th Regiment, This, i t was also mentioned, Was the substance of the statement made by the rioting seamen, and it was signed ' John P. Beckett, Quartermaster.' " GALLANT CONDUCT OF THE DUKE OF BEDFORD. —Mr. William Aspinall, of Liverpool, in a letter to a con temporary, says : 7 " I was sitting in St. James's park yesterday, after dinner, near the ornamental water, when there was a cry that a child had fallen in. Suffering myself from chronic rheumatism I was debarred front rendering assistance. Although there were hundreds of andapproachto see a fter looking abo u t f or a f ew moments,evidently if any one was i nc li ne d t o j u wp in, su dd en l y j umpe d in and brought tho boy safely to land, amidst the shouts and blessings of the multitude." A VEXATIOUS MISNOMER.—One of what are termed fire-proof safes has at length been dog out of the ruins of Colonel I‘l•Murdo's residence, and, upon being opened, was found not to have secured a single valuable, either of plate or jewellery. A presentation sword, from Lord Ellentorough, with a real Damascus blade, was found melted in two. This sword was made at the time of the Crusades, and was highly prized by the gallant colonel. Another sword, presented by General Sir Charles Napier, has also been found injured in a s imilar manner, and the whole of the gold appointments and diamonds have been lost, S u much value did the gallant colonel attach to the various presentations that be had holes drilled in the bottom of the sales, so as to screw them down to the floor, and the flames entering the apertures destroyed the contents. Had it not been for the drilling of the safes their contents might have bean saved. 13.14.' ~ 1.18.4 12.10